Re: Self-Executing HTML: Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 Part II

["Jens Knoell" <jens () ing twinwave net>]

http-equiv () excite com <http-equiv () malware com> wrote:
> [...]
> Because it is an html file proper, Internet Explorer opens it. The
> scripting inside is then parsed and fired. That scripting is pointing
> back to the same executable file with our original codebase object
> from the year 2000 and because it is a self-executing html file, it
> executes !
>
> Tested IE5.5 and IE6. Fully self-contained harmless *.exe:
>
> http://www.malware.com/html.exe.zip
>
> Be aware of html files out there.
>
> Key Words: Trust it's Worthy so Think it's Tank silly obvious

This does not seem to work for me if done via webserver. It works like a
charm locally, so it might be worthwile adding that this is only useful as
an attached HTML (in an email, for example).

Jens